Vehicle attachment for taking up and distributing wire.



No. 763,340. PATENTED JUNE 21, 1904;

J. S. BRANDON. VEHICLE ATTACHMENT FOR TAKING UP AND DISTRIBUTING WIRE.

APPLIOATION FILED DEC. 28, 1903. N0 MODEL. 3 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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UNTTED STATES Patented June 21, 1904.

PATENT EErcE.

JAMES S. BRANDON, OF CHEYENNE, TVYOMING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 763,3 IO, dated June21, 1904.

Application filed December 28, 1903. Serial No. 186,901. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES S. BRANDON, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Cheyenne, in the county of Laramie and State ofW'yoming, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in VehicleAttachments for Taking Up and Distributing Fence-' WVire; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to a device adapted to be mounted on the rear endof a vehicle and operated from the running-gear thereof for taking up ordistributing fence-wire.

It consists of a frame mounted at the rear end of a vehicle in which isjournaled a spool adapted to be rotated from one of the wheels of thevehicle through the instrumentality of suitable shafts and gearing,whereby wire may be wound on the spool as the wagon is driven along orpaid out from the spool, as may be desired.- Of course in the paying-outoperation the gearing connection with the wheel would not be necessary,since the pull of the wire would rotate the spool as the wagon proceeds.

Having briefly outlined my improved construction, as well as thefunction it is intended to perform, 1 will proceed to describe the samein detail, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in whichis illustrated an embodiment thereof.

' In the drawings, Figure 1 is a top or plan view of the rear part ofthe vehicle equipped with my improvement. Fig. 2 is a rear view of thesame. spindle and its operating-shaft. Fig. 4 is a detail view of thetop plate of the spindle. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the apparatus,the wagon-body being shown partly in section.

' The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all theviews.

Let, A designate two parallel separated Fig. 3 is a sectional view ofthe l wardly from these bars are two posts A which are suitablyconnected with a top cross-bar A, having an extension A, whose outerextremity on one side of the wagon is provided with a plate A in whichis threaded a vertically-disposed shaft A, provided at its upperextremity with a hand-crank A The lower extremity of the screw-shaft Ais journaled in a block A vertically slidable on two rods A", whoseupper extremities are made fast to the bar extension A and whose lowerextremities are made fast to a bottom bar A of the frame. This bottomcross-bar A is suitably connected with the longitudinal bottom bars A.The bar A is located directly below and is parallel with the top barparts A and A. The block A is hollowed out, as shown at A, to make roomfor a roller A, which is mounted to rotate on one of the guide-rods A.This spool is also adapted to slide vertically on the red A as the blockis moved up and down. A vertical shaft C is journaled in the top andbottom bars A and A and a suitable spool composed of vertically-disposedparts D and end parts D, which project beyond the extremities of theparts D in order to give the spool sufficient wire-holding capacity. Thelower extremity of the shaft C passes downwardly through the bar A andprotrudes below the same far enough for the attachment of a bevelgear E,which is made fast to the said shaft and meshes with another gear F,secured to a horizontal shaft Gr, journaled in hangerbrackets H, whichare secured to the lower side of the bar A by means of bolts I or othersuitable fastening devices. The shaft Gr projects beyond one of thebrackets H, as shown at the left of Fig. 2, and on this projectingextremity is made fast a sprocket-wheel J, connected by means of a chainK with a sprocket L, made fast to the hub of one of the vehicle-wheels,the said wheel being designated M in the drawings.

From the foregoing description it willwbe understood, assuming that theapparatusis made fast to the Wagonbody, that as the wagon is drivenalong the spool will be rotated. If it is desired to take up a line ofwire which is strung along the iieldas, for

' located vertically-disposed board N is made fast to the framework ofthe device by means of metal straps N. One extremity of each of thesestraps is made fast to a vertical bar A while the other extremity passesdownwardly on the inside of the board. (See Fig. 5 of the drawings.)This board N forms the rear end-gate of the wagon-body, and itsextremities engage ways formed in the wagonbody by means of cleats O inthe usual manner. The board is also secured in place by means ofsuitable rods P and P, which are passed through the sides of thewagon-body above and below, while they are secured in place and made toclamp the board N by means of suitable nuts Q, which are provided withshort projections or handles to facilitate their manipulation.

When it is desired to remove the spool from its frameworlethe bar partA, which is hinged, as shown at R, to a pair of ears R, is raised to thevertical position, thus releasing the upper extremity of the shaft (J,allowing the spool to be lifted out from above. The bar part A is heldin place when the apparatus is in use by means of a bolt R, secured by anut K.

From the foregoing description the use and operation of my improvedapparatus will be readily understood. One end of the wire to be taken upbeing fastened to one of the vertical parts D of the spool, afterpassing the strand of wire through the block-opening A and to engagementwith the roller 13 the wagon is driven along. It is evident that the vspool will now be rotated, and if the wire is connected originally tothe top of the spool the convolutions should move from the top towardthe bottom. In the meantime the person in charge of the business andmounted on the wagon operates the screw A fast enough to lower the blockA to cause it to properly harmonize with the winding of the convolutionsof wire on the spool from top to bottom. After the spool has a layer ofwire formed by a series of convolutions and the wire strand is at thebottom of the spool the block A is gradually raised, whereby anotherlayer or series of convolutions are wound upon the spool from bottom totop, and so on until the spool is full of wire or until the entirelength or strand of wire has been taken up from the ground and placedupon the spool. As heretofore intimated, if it is desired to pay outthis wire from the spool the sprocketchain K will be removed from thesprocketwheels J and L and the end of the wire secured to some object ofsuitable resistance. Then as the wagon is driven along the wire will bepaid out or unwound from the spool and distributed along the groundwhere it is to be used.

In further explanation of the construction attention is called to thefact that a clutchplate C is applied to the upper extremity of thespool. In the center of this plate is formed a square opening C intowhich is litted the squared portion C of the shaft (1. The plate C isprovided at each extremity witha pair of depending ears O", which engageopposite sides of one of the cross-pieces D of the spool and lock thelatter on the shaft. But for this plate the spool is loose on the shaftC. This plate is normally held in place by gravity and causes the spoolto turn with the shafts C. When it is not desired that the spool shallbe rotated from the running-gear of the wagon or vehicle, theclutch-plate C may be removed by raising the hinged part A of the frameand slipping the plate over the upper extremity of the shaft C. Theremoval of this plate obviates the necessity of detaching. the chain Kfrom the sprocketwheels J and L. The plate C may also be temporarilylifted from the squared portion G of the shaft when for any reason itmay be necessary to prevent the positive rotation of the spool duringthe movement of the vehicle. For this purpose a recess C is formed inthe bar A immediately above the plate C. This expedient may be resortedto in case as the diameter of the spool or reel increases with eachlayer of convolutions of wire it should be found necessary in order toobviate the necessity of throwing the device out of gear.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. The combinationwith a vehicle, of a frame mounted thereon, a reel journaled in theframe, an operative connection between the reel and the running-gear ofthe vehicle, guide-rods mounted on the frame, a block mounted on saidguide-rods, a roller journaled on one of the rods, the block being cutaway to allow the roller to pass between the two arms of the block, anda screw-shaft journaled in the block and threaded in a part of theframe, whereby the block may be shifted in order to properly regulatethe convolutions of the wire as they are wound on the reel.

2. The combination with a vehicle, of a frame mounted thereon, a reelmounted on the frame to rotate on avertical axis, a gearing connectionbetween the reel and the running-gear of the vehicle, a yoke-shapedblock vertically movable, vertical guide-rods upon which the block ismounted, a roller journaled on one of the rods and located between thearms of the yoke-shaped frame, and a vertically-disposed feed-screwjournaled in the block and threaded in the frame, one extremity of thescrew being provided with a hand-crank to facilitate its rotation.

3. The combination with a vehicle, of a frame adapted to be mounted onthe body of the vehicle, a vertically-disposed shaft having bothextremities journaled in the frame, the

upper portion of the frame being provided with a hinged piece which theupper extremity of the shaft engages, a spool loose on the shaft, anoperative connection between said shaft and the running-gear of thevehicle, a clutch-plate having a polygonal opening normally fitted on acorresponding]y-shaped portion of the shaft, the said plate beingvertically movable upon the upper part of the shaft, the upper hingedpart of the frame being cut away to permit the raising of theclutch-plate sufiiciently to disengage it from the polygonal portion ofthe shaft whereby the latter is allowed to rotate independently of thespool.

4. The combination with a vehicle, of a frame adapted to be mounted onthe body of the vehicle, a shaft journaled in the frame, a spool looseon the said shaft, an operative connection between said shaft and therunninggear of the vehicle, a clutch plate having a polygonal openingnormally fitted on a correspondingly shaped portion of the shaft, thesaid plate engaging the spool to cause the latter to rotate with theshaft and being vertically movable on the upper part of the shaft, aportion of the frame being located above the spool and having a recessformed therein to receive the vertically-movable clutch-plate when thelatter is raised to permit the shaft to rotate independently of thespool.

5. The combination with a vehicle, of a frame mounted thereon, avertically-disposed reel journaled in the frame, and a verticallymovableguide-block mounted on the frame and through which the strand of wire ispassed, for the purpose of controlling the winding of the convolutionson the reel, the upper portion of the frame in which the reel isjournaled, being hinged at one end to permit the removal of the reel,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES S. BRANDON.

Witnesses BELLE CHAPMAN, MARK CHAPMAN.

